oǃKung

A form of ǃOǃKung — The northern lect of the ǃKung dialect continuum, spoken in southern Angola and northern Namibia.

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Meanings

oǃKung1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of ǃOǃKung.

    It is interesting, though, that the oǃKung of Angola offer prayers to the Moon.

    1978, Phillip V. Tobias, Megan Biesele, The Bushmen: san hunters and herders of Southern Africa, page 164

Oǃkung2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of ǃOǃKung.

    The Moon is male, in Bushman myth and thought in general (although a gender distinction may be drawn between the moon in its different phases, for example, the full moon may be regarded as female by some groups [such as the Oǃkung], […]

    1989, Mathias Georg Guenther, Bushman folktales: oral traditions of the Nharo of Botswana, page 51
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APA

oǃKung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/o%C7%83Kung

MLA

“oǃKung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/o%C7%83Kung. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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